"RINGMASTER-!" One more shout, and then there are the eyes. There are the claws, the same force shaking the walls forcing Carly to stop her run. She flinches- but sniffing, she stands straight despite obvious despair and fear, a hand at her chest.
"Mnh... ...Ringmaster," she calls, trying to bring strength into her words. "...I... ...I know, you already knew we were coming...Maybe not 'we' specifically," she manages, "...but I know... ...And I know, you're also the 'Phoenix', or were," she continues. "...So I don't know how much you remember completely... ...But I know that even without memory, you've always been you!"
Portland proved it- even if she didn't experience much of that version of the 'Great Beast' (or 'Beast' as it were) herself, it still proved it. "...I..."
Carly chokes on her words, the pressure around her bringing her typical hover to a grounded and almost unfamiliar stance. For a moment she can't come up with the words to say.
Desperately, she forces herself to find some. "...There's so much death in the air," she manages with a sniff. "...So much...Negativity," Carly continues. "...I wish I could clear it, the way you did for me...I wish I could just say one thing, and hear you laugh," she chokes, wiping her eyes. "Hear you speak again..! ...Because even if you take a different name...Even if you forget me, and everyone else, that happiness is something that you should never have to give up..! And that happiness..."
Her hand covers the mark upon her front- a sigil, almost like an egg. The sigil in itself does nothing.
But her hand opens, and moves forward, holding a token that was presented to her and the other supervisors what feels like 'forever' ago.
"...I would give anything, to let you have that happiness again, Ringmaster..! All my heart..all my soul...for so much more than just one year..!"
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"Mnh... ...Ringmaster," she calls, trying to bring strength into her words. "...I... ...I know, you already knew we were coming...Maybe not 'we' specifically," she manages, "...but I know... ...And I know, you're also the 'Phoenix', or were," she continues. "...So I don't know how much you remember completely... ...But I know that even without memory, you've always been you!"
Portland proved it- even if she didn't experience much of that version of the 'Great Beast' (or 'Beast' as it were) herself, it still proved it. "...I..."
Carly chokes on her words, the pressure around her bringing her typical hover to a grounded and almost unfamiliar stance. For a moment she can't come up with the words to say.
Desperately, she forces herself to find some. "...There's so much death in the air," she manages with a sniff. "...So much...Negativity," Carly continues. "...I wish I could clear it, the way you did for me...I wish I could just say one thing, and hear you laugh," she chokes, wiping her eyes. "Hear you speak again..! ...Because even if you take a different name...Even if you forget me, and everyone else, that happiness is something that you should never have to give up..! And that happiness..."
Her hand covers the mark upon her front- a sigil, almost like an egg. The sigil in itself does nothing.
But her hand opens, and moves forward, holding a token that was presented to her and the other supervisors what feels like 'forever' ago.
"...I would give anything, to let you have that happiness again, Ringmaster..! All my heart..all my soul...for so much more than just one year..!"